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... walked up to the fireplace , without regarding my uncle , who raised his nightcap with one hand , and stared earnestly at her . She remained for some time standing by the fire , which , flashing up at intervals , cast blue and white ...
... walked up to the fireplace , without regarding my uncle , who raised his nightcap with one hand , and stared earnestly at her . She remained for some time standing by the fire , which , flashing up at intervals , cast blue and white ...
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... the chambers open- ing upon the neighboring corridor , and her favorite page slept in an adjoining closet . Up and down the corridor walked the great chasseur who had announced her arrival , and who acted 34 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
... the chambers open- ing upon the neighboring corridor , and her favorite page slept in an adjoining closet . Up and down the corridor walked the great chasseur who had announced her arrival , and who acted 34 TALES OF A TRAVELLER .
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... walked towards the other end of the gallery . Here the narrator paused . The company waited for some time for him to resume his narration ; but he continued silent . " Well , " said the inquisitive gentleman- " and what did your say ...
... walked towards the other end of the gallery . Here the narrator paused . The company waited for some time for him to resume his narration ; but he continued silent . " Well , " said the inquisitive gentleman- " and what did your say ...
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... walked quietly out . She hastened down stairs , ordered the servants to arm them .. selves with the weapons first at hand , placed herself at their head , and returned almost immediately . Her hastily - levied army presented a ...
... walked quietly out . She hastened down stairs , ordered the servants to arm them .. selves with the weapons first at hand , placed herself at their head , and returned almost immediately . Her hastily - levied army presented a ...
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... walked about the room ; snapped my fingers ; rallied myself ; laughed aloud . It was a forced laugh , and the echo of it in the old chamber jarred upon my ear . I walked to the window , and tried to discern the landscape through the ...
... walked about the room ; snapped my fingers ; rallied myself ; laughed aloud . It was a forced laugh , and the echo of it in the old chamber jarred upon my ear . I walked to the window , and tried to discern the landscape through the ...
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Página 161 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Página 230 - ... true sympathy; how few love us for ourselves; how few will befriend us in our misfortunes; then it is that we think of the mother we have lost. It is true I had always loved my mother, even in my most heedless days; but I felt how inconsiderate and ineffectual had been my love. My heart melted as I retraced the days of infancy, when I was led by a mother's hand, and rocked to sleep in a mother's arms, and was without care or sorrow. "O my mother!
Página 363 - Now I remember those old women's words, Who in my wealth would tell me winter's tales, And speak of spirits and ghosts that glide by night About the place where treasure hath been hid...
Página xi - There is a certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in travelling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place.